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Study Finds Millennia of Possible Copper Processing at 7,300-Foot Pyrenees Cave

The peer-reviewed findings challenge the idea that high mountains were marginal by showing planned, repeated visits for on-site mineral work.

Elephant Tooth Isotopes Tie Neanderthal Hunting to Long-Range Prey at Neumark-Nord

New Study Points to Human Transport of Stonehenge’s Bluestones, Not Glaciers

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

Malawi Pyre Dating to 9,500 Years Ago Is Africa’s Earliest Intentional Cremation

Airborne Survey Reveals Ireland’s Largest Prehistoric Nucleated Hillfort Settlement at Brusselstown Ring

Youmbidi Cave Excavations Uncover Central Africa’s Oldest Pottery and DNA-Rich Teeth

Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

Study Dates Earliest European Whale Bone Tools to 20,000 Years Ago

Humans Fashioned Whale-Bone Hunting Tools in Bay of Biscay 20,000 Years Ago

43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint Unearthed in Segovia

Schöninger Spears Reassessed to Be 200,000 Years Old, Challenging Previous Estimates

Ice Age Humans Mastered Fire to Survive Harsh Climates, New Research Confirms

Ancient Volcanic Eruption Linked to Neolithic Sun Stone Sacrifices in Denmark

35,000-Year-Old Ritual Site Discovered in Manot Cave, Israel

7,000-Year-Old Archery Artifacts Unearthed in Spain Shed Light on Neolithic Craftsmanship

Evidence of 21,000-Year-Old Human Butchery Found in Argentina

Renovation Uncovers 40,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bones in Austrian Wine Cellar

Neolithic Ritual Sacrifices Linked to Agriculture Found Across Europe

Ancient Humans in Patagonia May Have Kept Extinct Foxes as Companions, Study Finds